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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
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Subject: Re: True Multitasking
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Date: 16 Jan 91 20:42:18 GMT
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In article <42602@ut-emx.uucp>, awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
> 
> Can't help with the formatting and compile, but you might switch compression
> programs.  Compactor does its biz just fine in the background.

MPW tools (including the compiler) run nicely in the background.  In fact,
it is very easy to take some generic C utility and make it run in the 
background under MPW.